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The prevalence of HIV and AIDS has been stabilized in the Caribbean, with many countries of the region experiencing a decline in the number of cases. Director of Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), Carl Browne, credits his ten-year-old organization, and the support it has received from regional governments, for the achievement. "We can go back to 2001,...

About 100 farmers in the communities of Top Mountain, Guys Hill and their environs in North East St. Catherine, are to benefit from a $47 million European Union (EU) funded banana rehabilitation agricultural project, Member of Parliament, Gregory Mair, has disclosed. The project, which he says is a partnership, is expected to help farmers previously engaged in banana cultivation, as...

High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, has commended Jamaicans living in Canada for their hard work and great achievements. "We are very, very proud of all our nationals in Canada and of your hard-earned reputation as great achievers. You demonstrate some of the most admirable attributes of our Jamaican people - hard work and ambition, love for...

Motorists and other users of the Steer Town main road, in St. Ann, are expressing gratitude for the new two-lane bridge that was recently constructed in the area. The bridge, one of many built across the island under the Canadian R. A. Murray Bridge Programme, was officially opened by Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, on Friday, September...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says he is encouraged by the progress made by farmers participating in the Top Mountain Protected Agriculture project in North East St. Catherine. His comment followed visits to the project sites on Thursday (September 9), accompanied Member of Parliament, Gregory Mair, and other Ministry officials and technocrats, to view the work which has...

Approximately 500 Travel Agents and Tour Operators got a first-hand experience of the offerings of Jamaica, over the weekend, through the 'Wish You Were Here' familiarisation trips, organised by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and private sector partners in the sector. They are the first batch of 2,000 Travel Agents, who will be brought into the island over the next...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that the road works being undertaken under the Jamaica Road Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) cannot address all roads at once. He was addressing the St Ann launch of the project in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on September 10. He directly addressed concerns about the selection of road projects and said that all...

The Ministry of Education will host a community consultation at Church Teachers' College, in Manchester, on September 14, to update the public on the proposed high school to be built on Villa Road, in Mandeville. Representatives from the Education Ministry's technical department will provide details of the specifications of the new school, and members of the public will get an...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says the people of Treasure Beach, in St. Elizabeth, through their community consciousness, have made the area a major tourist destination. "The growth of this community, the extent to which its name has gone abroad and has become such a unique attraction for visitors to Jamaica, is partly due to ownership that the people...

Several leads are being followed by investigators in connection with July's theft of petrol from the state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) Rockfort depot in East Kingston, a company official has disclosed. The JUTC's Communications Manager, Reginald Allen, told JIS News that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) East Kingston Division, "under direction from the Police High Command," is leading the...

Seven Jamaican students will be heading to Cuba this month to pursue degrees in the fields of health and education, having been awarded full scholarships under the Cuba/Jamaica Bilateral Programme. The recipients are: Tasque Brown, Naraine Anderson and Gabrielle Eubank Green, who will be pursuing medical degrees; while Vanessa Brown, Samora Robertson, Kenneth Dean and Kevon Lettman will be pursuing...

The St. Ann leg of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), which will see the repair of the road network in the parish, was launched at the Turtle River Park, Ocho Rios, on September, 10. The programme will be carried out at a cost of some $400 million to $450 million in the first phase, and the work should commence...